1. History and present situation of information management and information system specialty

Information management and information system are interdisciplinary subjects combining information technology and management science. As early as the 1960s, some countries with advanced information technology started the information management specialty, initially called "Electronic Data Processing" ***EPT***, and in the 1970s, it had a more standardized professional name, namely "Management Information System" * * *. At present, almost all universities in developed countries have set up this major, and some have also set up information management colleges. In China, 1978, China Renmin University took the lead in setting up a corresponding major-Economic Information Management. Since then, almost all financial colleges and universities with economic management advantages have successively set up economic information management majors. At the same time, most engineering colleges with the advantages of computer and communication technology in China began to set up management information system specialty in the early 1980s. After more than 20 years of development, more than 200 colleges and universities in China have opened this undergraduate major, including postdoctoral, doctoral, master's, undergraduate and junior college. It is an objective fact that the specialty of information management and information system has risen and developed rapidly at home and abroad. This shows that the society urgently needs talents in this field. It can be predicted that with the advent of the information society, this demand will continue to grow, and its prospects are very broad.

2. Analysis of the development direction of information management and information system specialty

2. 1. Use information technology to support the business functions of the organization

The application fields of computer in management include transaction processing, management information, knowledge work, office information, decision support, group decision support and manager support. These information systems are aimed at specific management functions in an organization, such as production and operation, marketing, financial accounting and human resources. In this respect, the research focus of this discipline is to understand the specific fields of computer application, so as to establish the basic logic of applying complex computer technology in organizations.

2.2. Development process and method of information system. Another important task of this subject is to study how to establish a reliable and effective information system at a lower cost. In the early days, its research focused on how to build a reliable and effective information system to provide more value for the organization to improve operational efficiency, enhance the competitiveness of the organization or create new value. With the progress of software technology and the formation of commercial software market, the focus of research has gradually shifted to the implementation of information systems and related management issues.

2.3. Information system management. Early information systems were based on large computers, so it is natural to analyze, design and manage centralized information systems. Since then, with the popularization of powerful microcomputers and software, how to manage the functions of decentralized information systems has become an important issue. At the same time, due to the rise of software market and information system services, information system outsourcing has become a new hot spot, and controllable and contract-based information system supply such as "information system" has been put forward for this discipline. Purchase relationship and other research issues. In recent years, the research topic of information system management reflects complex management problems, including strategic management of information systems, investment risk management of information systems, organizational changes caused by information systems and management of transnational information systems in a globalized economy. The research of information system management is usually interdisciplinary, involving strategic management, business process management, total quality management, customer relationship management and supply chain management.

2.4. The value of information system in the organization. Although information system is undoubtedly regarded as the basic condition of modern organizations, people have always doubted the value of information system in organizations since computers were introduced into the management field. The evaluation of information system, including evaluation standards, methods and processes, has always been an important aspect of this discipline. In fact, the value of computer information system used to replace manpower in the early days is obvious. Their goal is basically to improve operational efficiency without causing organizational changes, so cost-benefit analysis is considered as a reasonable method to evaluate the value of information systems. However, with the development of integrated information systems and strategic information systems in organizations, the problem becomes not so simple: indirect economic values such as strategic value and intangible brand value of information systems must be considered. At the same time, the organizational value of information system also faces the following questions: Who benefits? Will some of them lose their jobs? Will it change the power of some personnel? Will the organization become fragile because of the use of information systems, such as system failure, loss of experts and even operators?

With the change of organizational structure and business process caused by information system, the traditional investment income analysis method is more unsuitable. People must seek answers from the combination of organizational theory, sociological theory and economic theory with information technology.

2.5. The impact of information systems on society and organizations

Since the birth of this subject, people have begun to study the influence of information system on social welfare, work mode and even life mode. Study the different effects of the cost, benefits and risks of information systems on different people inside or outside the organization, as well as the different effects of different information systems on the organizational structure and business processes; Investigate the influence of information system on a country's social and economic development, on social ethics and morality, and on the privacy and identity of people living in social democracy. Are all important topics worthy of in-depth study.

3. Suggestions on developing information management and information system specialty

3. 1. Adhere to the broad-based professional education model.

Students majoring in information management and information systems must first master the basic knowledge of information technology such as advanced mathematics, foreign languages and computer science, and have a rich foundation, but they are not required to be proficient in all subjects. At the same time, students in this major should be proficient in the basic theories, knowledge and skills of information management and information systems, and should be experts in this field.

3.2. Create a good social environment. "Talent is the pillar of the economy, and information is the life of the economy." This is the Japanese concept. The reason why Japan's economy is developing at an alarming rate lies in making full use of and tapping domestic and foreign talent resources and information resources. In China, this belief, concept and consciousness are only known by some people, and many people are still in a hazy state. Therefore, it is particularly urgent and important to strengthen information awareness and improve the overall information awareness of the people. Make full use of television, radio, newspapers, books, internet and other media to popularize information awareness, enhance people's information wisdom, improve people's ability to know, absorb, process and use information, and create a social environment conducive to the cultivation of information service talents.

3.3. Strengthen the teaching reform and update the teaching content. The purpose of setting up information management and information system specialty is to solve the contradiction between the growing social demand and people's relatively backward use of information, and to cultivate applied information management professionals for the society, while the needs of users and information technology are constantly changing and developing. The core courses on the process, principles and methods of information resources development should be relatively stable, and the major will have different emphases in different periods due to social factors, technical factors and student factors, which is reflected in the teaching that the curriculum system will show certain changes.

For professional courses, there are many new courses on information management. It is necessary to strengthen the research on these courses, formulate a detailed syllabus, and clarify the teaching content of each course to avoid overlapping or omission. As this major is a rapidly developing discipline, it is necessary to constantly absorb new topics related to information management theory and information technology in the process of social informatization, as well as new theories and new knowledge in the course development, so as to constantly update and improve the teaching content. In addition, we should also learn from the curriculum and teaching content of relevant foreign majors and disciplines. For example, in recent years, the United States and Britain have increased a lot of information technology, information exchange and interpersonal communication, marketing and other contents in information management education. With regard to the course of modern technology, students of this major should first systematically master the knowledge of computer software and hardware and network, and then enrich the research results of new technologies in the basic course. At the same time, students are encouraged to take interdisciplinary, interdisciplinary and interdisciplinary courses, including basic physics, basic biology, basic chemistry, practical writing, foreign languages, Chinese, market information science, enterprise management, social information system management and other courses that meet the needs of society.

3.4. Teachers should have modern educational ideas and make full use of modern educational technology. The modernization of educational thought and technology are the two wings to promote the modernization of education, and they influence and restrict each other. The realization of advanced teaching concept, teaching mode and teaching method must be supported by advanced modern educational technology; On the contrary, in order to introduce and better apply modern educational technology, teachers must renew their ideas, study modern educational theories hard, and boldly explore and reform teaching models. Only in this way can we actively introduce and learn modern educational technology and make it play its due role.

3.5. Strengthen the construction of specialized laboratories. According to the connotation of professional education and the application of information technology, we can adopt the mode of organizing experimental teaching and set up professional laboratories such as knowledge information organization, information system design, information analysis mode, information network management and computer information retrieval. On the one hand, it can ensure the matching between experimental courses and teaching, on the other hand, it can make full use of professional laboratories to open to professional students and improve their practical and innovative abilities.

3.6. Accelerate the construction of teaching staff and update teachers' knowledge.

What we are facing is the ever-changing information technology and the ever-changing social needs. Without excellent teachers, the specialty cannot survive and develop. In the construction of teaching staff, on the one hand, we should pay attention to attracting master students and doctoral students from other universities to work in the college, on the other hand, we can take domestic and foreign training and young teachers to study for master students and doctoral students majoring in information management to promote the growth of young teachers in the school. At the same time, teachers in school must pay attention to the renewal of their own knowledge structure and keep the vitality of scientific research and teaching research. Special attention should be paid to using the Internet to strengthen exchanges with domestic and foreign counterparts in information management and information management education, and to absorb new achievements in information research, so as to update their own knowledge structure, improve the research level, and promote the improvement of teaching level through scientific research.

3.7. Pay attention to quality education and cultivate innovative talents.

From the booming information service industry and the widening of the employment market, we can see the development prospects in the next 2 1 century. On the one hand, there is a great demand for information management and information system professionals. On the other hand, the information industry job market needs not traditional information managers, but "dual-material" experts who are proficient in information knowledge and have knowledge in some specialized fields, that is, generalists who know both theory and technology, especially pioneering information management talents with strong social adaptability. This demand poses a new challenge to the cultivation of information management talents and professional education, and at the same time, it also defines the training objectives and directions for educational institutions: broadening the caliber, laying a solid foundation, focusing on cultivating students, and improving their social adaptability and comprehensive quality level.

3.8. Focus on international integration.

The international integration of information management and information system education mainly refers to the integration of professional caliber and professional setting, teaching content and means, and technical norms and systems of personnel training. The international integration of information management and information system professional education is not to copy the model of developed countries from the reform of educational system to educational content, but to keep China's characteristics, give play to China's advantages, ensure the smooth channels of education and academic exchange, and constantly give play to its advantages in the new environment so as to keep pace with the international education of this major. Therefore, it is very important to correctly handle the relationship between the establishment of a vocational education system in line with China's national conditions and the international integration of vocational education. According to the current situation and the needs of education development in the 2 1 century, we can consider realizing international integration with large caliber in optimizing the structure of information specialty in China, focusing on promoting the internationalization of information technology teaching, so as to further improve the professional education system.

Conclusion. The specialty of information management and information system is facing the rapid development of informatization, and talent training is a brand-new subject. In the absence of operational experience for reference and low social awareness, we must understand some problems on the basis of theoretical depth.